Gold medalist Michael Phelps of the United States celebrates during the medal ceremony for the Men's 200m Individual Medley Final on Day 6 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 11, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Getty Images

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Schumer’s Republican opponent, Wendy Long, blasted the Democratic incumbent for proposing to exempt U.S. Olympic medal winners from taxes on their medals and cash bonuses.

She said it’s yet another example of “cronyism” in the tax code.

“It makes no sense. My contention is that giving tax breaks as he does to his favored ones — the Broadway stars, the Olympic medalists, the hedge funders — means that a greater burden is placed on the average New Yorkers who toil in obscurity but work just as hard and are as deserving of a tax break,” Long said.

Long said Olympians should get no greater tax benefit than “the guy who runs the corner bodega 24 hours a day and keeps the coffee hot for the cops” or members of the military.

“Where’s the tax break for them? Even if they come home victorious and have won a war, instead of the 400 meter freestyle, no tax break for `winning?’”

She added, “The cronyism in this tax code is undermining the principles of American fairness and are killing the middle class that Schumer pretends to champion.”

“Our Olympian and Paralympic athletes should be worried about breaking world records, not breaking the bank, when they earn a medal,” ‎Schumer said, arguing that most countries subsidize their athletes.